Back up of Nortel Passport

[kashnortel]

Hi
I am new to passport...Need to know how to take a Back-Up of Nortel passport 7480.
I have PCR version 4.2

please let me know

 

[NTPeave]

NTP 241-5701-270 "Software Installation Guide" for PCR4.2S1 describes:
Saving a provisioning view on a workstation
You can save a provisioning view from a Passport node onto a workstation.
This view can be used to restore provisioning on a Passport in case of file
corruption or complete CP failure.
Prerequisites
• The provisioning view to be saved on the workstation must have a value
of either commit or portable.
• You must have write permissions on the Passport node.
• You must understand UNIX and FTP.
Note: You must save and restore all provisioning views in binary format.
Procedure steps
1 Display on-switch provisioning:
display prov
2 List the provisioning directories:
listfile -path(provisioning) fs
3 List the provisioning files within your chosen directory:
listfile -path("/provisioning/
<filename>.<type>.<num>") fs
Note: You will need to backup all of the files in the directory, including
portable, view, and lp0 through lp15 depending on Passport type.
4 If needed, create a directory on the workstation to save the provisioning
view:
mkdir <prov_dir>.<type>.<num>
5 On the workstation, change to the directory you wish to save the
provisioning files in:
cd <prov_dir>.<type>.<num>
6 From the workstation, FTP to the Passport node:
ftp <nodename>
7 Change to the provisioning directory:
ftp> cd provisioning
8 Change to the directory that contains the provisioning view:
ftp> cd <filename>.<type>.<num>
9 List the files in the directory:
ftp> ls
10 Change the file types to binary:
ftp> binary
11 Transfer each file in the directory:
ftp> get <prov_files>
Note: You must transfer all files from the directory. These files include
portable, view, and lp0 through lp15 depending on Passport type.
12 Quit your FTP session:
ftp> quit

Table 14
Saving a provisioning view on a workstation variable values
Variable Value
<filename> The name of the file that contains the committed or portable
provisioning data. The variable must be between 1 and 13
characters in length. Current and edit are not valid names.
<type> The type of the file, either full or part, that contains the provisioning
data.
<num> The number of the file that contains the provisioning data. Must be
a 3 digit sequence.
<nodename> The name of the Passport node.
<prov_dir> The name of the workstation directory to save the committed or
portable provisioning view. The variable must be between 1 and 13
characters in length. Current and edit are not valid names.
<prov_files> The names of the provisioning files.

 

[Mankyway]

Also if you are managing your network with Preside MDM you can go into toolsets and use the Backup/Restore tool which is very simple and yet very effective in backing up your network on a regular basis

 

[kashnortel]

Thanks Guys!!!Havent tried with NMS...but will giveit a shot..

 

[NTPeave]

Hi kashnortel. I'm not sure why, but I think I assumed above that you didn't have MDM. If you do, you should certainly use that, as Mankyway says - it's much easier than backing up manually and/or using scripts. If you don't have MDM, then it's still possible as described above. You can also use this method if you are likely to be physically visiting a passport and conducting work which may result in an outage, etc. Having a backup of the config on a laptop can be reassuring!